LargeHeartedBoy — The Rosebuds' Sand + Silence and Spoon's They Want My Soul are easily my favorite new music releases this week. Angus and Julia Stone's self-titled album, Christopher Denny's If The Roses Don't Kill Us, and Spider Bags' Frozen Letter... more info

Stereogum — Not too many bands can play on a Tonight Show stage and make it look like they’re killing time on a random Monday night, but Spoon are one of the few. Today, the band’s very good new album They Want My Soul finally comes out, and last night, the ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Much of 'They Want My Soul's' success comes from a tension between experimentation and allegiance to form, dueling reflexes highlighted through its two producers, Joe Chiccarelli and Dave Fridmann.Much of 'They Want My Soul's' success comes from a te... more info

Stereogum — The McKittrick Hotel is full of surprises. The last time I visited, for a performance of the hotel’s mainstay Sleep No More, a woman in a nurse’s uniform kidnapped me, put me in a wheelchair, and wheeled me into a creepy, dark room to watch a biz... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Spoon @ McKittrick Hotel 8/3/2014 "This is a pretty cool summer, right?" asked Britt Daniel, smiling like the Cheshire Cat, as Spoon took the stage at the McKittrick Hotel last night (8/3), a surprise record release show... more info

NME — Spoon say 'They Want My Soul' is inspired by AC/DC more info

Stereogum — Lollapalooza is starting right now in Chicago, and Red Bull TV has done us all a solid by livestreaming as many of the performances as possible. Among the acts you’ll get to see live via three channels are OutKast, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, Spoon, Cha... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Author Amy Bloom discussed her reading habits with the New York Times. Pitchfork Interviewed Zola Jesus. The Morning News features a new short story by Jami Attenberg. The Austin Chronicle profiled Jim Eno of Spoon. Time Out New York interviewed... more info

Time — The band’s first album in four years drops Aug. 5 more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream the new Spoon album at iTunes. Author Jim Harrison listed life lessons at Esquire. All Things Considered interviewed author Yelena Akhtiorskaya. The New York Times profiled book designer and author Peter Mendelsund. Fuse interviewed Harvey Dan... more info